Overall Orange alert Tropical Cyclone for SOULIK-18
in Japan

Event summary

Tropical Cyclone SOULIK-18 can have a medium humanitarian impact based on the maximum sustained wind speed, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID TC 1000489
Name SOULIK-18
From - To 15 Aug - 24 Aug
Exposed countries Japan
Exposed population 60 thousand in Category 1 or higher
Maximum wind speed 213 km/h Category 4
Maximum storm surge 0.6 m (21 Aug 12:00 UTC)
Vulnerability Low (Japan)

GDACS Score

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Wind Storm surge Rainfall GDACS score
GDACS JTWC 65 km/h 1.7 m n.a. 0.5
Single TC: maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge, rainfall)
HWRF 191 km/h 1.6 m n.a. 0.5
GFS 159 km/h 1.2 m n.a. 2.5
ECMWF 113 km/h 0.9 m n.a. 0.5
Maximum expected impact (wind, storm surge and rainfall) using different data sources.
Virtual OSOCC
Meteo assessment
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Latest media headlines

Downpour dumps 450mm of rain on southwestern regions [PHOTOS] 8/28/2018 8:38:00 AM.

Heavy downpours flooded homes, roads and farmland in central and southern South Korea on Tuesday, adding to the woes of regions already battered by a typhoon last week. Up to 455 millimeters of rain fell in South Jeolla Province in the coun
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2 typhoons weaken after pounding South Korea and Japan 8/27/2018 4:41:00 PM.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A weakening typhoon brushed by metropolitan Seoul Friday after battering southern South Korea with heavy rain and high winds, leaving one person missing and a slew of damaged buildings, canceled flights and power o
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Typhoon Soulik blasts Jeju Island [PHOTOS] 8/25/2018 5:17:00 PM.

By Jung Hae-myoung One person is missing after Typhoon Soulik struck Jeju Island's second-largest city Seogwipo on Thursday, leaving a wide trail of destruction. The missing person, identified by the surname Park, 23, and another were swept
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60 Flights Cancelled, Dozens Injured due to Typhoon Cimaron in Japan 8/25/2018 6:21:00 AM.

TOKYO – More than a dozen people were injured and 60 flights were cancelled Friday as Typhoon Cimaron struck western Japan. The region was hit by torrential rains last month which left more than 200 people dead. The typhoon passed through t
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Estimated casualties (PAGER)

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Exposed population

Analytical products

Daily Maps:

21/Aug/2018 04:56 UTC

Data, images, links, services and documents

For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (38), (2), WMO (1), INFORM (2),